... a reality in 94% of school across America (Cerrone, 1999). As these policies expanded in schools, controversy grew around their validity, effectiveness and enforcement. While policing in schools became increasingly more common and school administrators frequently transferred responsibilities of student discipline to law enforcement, people began to question if such harsh policies were necessary means of violence prevention (Fine et al., 2003 ... charged a student with "throwing a deadly missile," - the deadly missile referred to in this case was an egg that the student had thrown on Hal...

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